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HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES 



WILLIAM W. FOULKROD 

(Late a Representative from Pennsylvania) 

MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 

DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- 
TIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE 
UNITED STATES 

US. SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS 

THIRD SESSION, i^io- n n, 



Proceedings in the House 
January 22, 1911 



Proceedings in the Senate 
December 6, 1910 



COMPILED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 
THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 




WASHINGTON 

1911 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page. 

Proceedings in the House 5 

Prayer by Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D 6 

Memorial addresses by — 

Mr. Moore, of Pennsylvania 8 

Mr. Small, of North Carolina 15 

Mr. Fordney, of Michigan 18 

Mr. Young, of New York 20 

Mr. Focht, of Pennsylvania 23 

Mr. Wanger, of Pennsylvania 26 

Mr. Greene, of Massachusetts 28 

Proceedings in the Senate 31 




HCM.VVii.i.lAM ■/;' FOUI^KROIJ 



DEATH OF HON. WILLIAM WALKER FOULKROD 



Proceedings in the House 

December 5, 1910. 

Mr. Bingham. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolu- 
tions. 

The Speaker. The gentleman from Pennsylvania offers 
the following resolutions, which the Clerk will report. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives has heard with 
profound sorrow of the death of the Hon. William Walker 
FouLKROD, late a Member of the House from the State of Pennsyl- 
vania. 

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
Senate and send a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. 

The resolutions were agreed to. 

Mr. Ransdell of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I offer the 
following resolution. 

The Speaker. The gentleman from Louisiana offers a 
resolution, which the Clerk will report. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of 
the deceased Senators and Representatives the House do now 
adjourn. 

The resolution was agreed to. Accordingly (at 12 
o'clock and 49 minutes p. in.), the House adjourned until 
12 o'clock noon to-morrow. 



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December 21, 1910. 
Mr. Moore of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I offer the fol- 
lowing order. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Ordered, That Sunday, the 22(1 day of January, at 12 o'clock, 
be set apart for addresses on the life, character, and public serv- 
ices of the Hon. William W. Foulkrod, late a Representative 
from the State of Pennsylvania. 

The question was taken, and the order was agreed to. 



January 22, 1911. 

The House met at 12 o'clock meridian, and was called 
to order hy Mr. Bingham, as Speaker pro tempore. 

The following prayer was offered by the Chaplain, Rev. 
Henry N. Couden, D. D.: 

Our Father in heaven, moved by a natural desire, a 
common impulse, we are gathered here to-day to pay a last 
tribute of love and respect to two Members of this House 
who proved themselves worthy of the confidence reposed 
in them by their fellow countrymen. Both typical 
American citizens, who, by dint of their own efforts, 
carved out for themselves careers which made them con- 
spicuous for honest endeavor, clean living, and integrity 
of purpose. Recognized as such, they were chosen lead- 
ers for the promotion of good citizenship, commercial 
interests, and the public welfare. 

We thank Thee for their lives, for what they did, and 
we pray that their memories may live to inspire those 
who come after them to lives of purity and usefulness. 

We know not what the future liath 

Of marvel or surprise; 
Assured alone that life and death 

His mercy underlies. 



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Comi'ort their dear ones by an ever-abiding faith in the 
eternal goodness of God our Father; and help us to real- 
ize that the greatest tribute they or we can pay to their 
memory is to copy their virtues and leave behind us, if 
possible, the world a little better than we found it. In 
the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and 
approved. 

Mr. MooRE of Pennsylvania. JNIr. Speaker, I offer the fol- 
lowing resolutions. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Hesolved, That the business of the House be now suspended 
that opportunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon. 
William W. Foulkrod, late a Member of this House from the 
State of Pennsylvania. 

Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory 
of the deceased, and in recognition of his distinguished public 
career, the House at the conclusion of the exercises of to-day 
shall stand adjourned. 

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
Senate. 

Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the 
family of the deceased. 

The Speaker pro tempore. The question is on the adop- 
tion of the resolutions. 

The question was taken, and the i-esolutions were 
unanimously agreed to. 



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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



Address of Mr. Moore, of Pennsylvania 

Mr. Speaker : Under the order which convenes the 
House in extra session to-day it becomes our duty to pay 
tribute to the memory of our lamented colleagues, the 
Hon. William W. Foulkrod and the Hon. Joel Cook, both 
of Pennsylvania. These distinguished Members, repre- 
senting adjoining districts in a city and State of which 
they were typical sons, entered the House together at the 
opening of the Sixtieth Congress, and by one of those 
strange fatalities of circumstance so often witnessed in 
affairs mundane, departed from it, one so closely follow- 
ing the other that sympathy and coincidence seemed to 
have governed the fate of both. 

Mr. Foulkrod was the first called. After an illness 
which incapacitated him throughout the entire campaign 
of September and October, 1910, he died at his home in 
Frankford, Philadelphia, while the returns of the Novem- 
ber election were being counted. Mr. Cook, though weak 
from the effects of a previous illness, had attempted to 
resume his duties at Washington, but was stricken at his 
hotel a month later and died at his home in Philadelphia. 

Mr. Foulkrod represented the fifth Pennsylvania dis- 
trict; Mr. Cook the second district. Both districts adjoin 
the third, which it is my privilege to represent; so that 
all of us were necessarily associated in congressional 
work, as we had long cooperated in public and private 
affairs before any of us entered these national halls. I 



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had known Mr. Cook longer than I had known Mr. Foulk- 
ROD, and at the proper time I shall ask the privilege of 
submitting some expressions with regard to him; for 
the present it is my purpose to dwell particularly upon 
the life, the character, and the public services of 

Mr. FOULKROD. 

If I were asked to characterize in three words the sum 
of all the qualities of my lamented colleague, I would 
denominate him " public-spirited citizen." Mr. Foulkrod 
was descended from one of the old Philadelphia families, 
resident for many generations in the district known as 
Frankford. His early training was along commercial 
lines. He entered business life in a small way, engaging 
subsequently as a partner in a mercantile enterprise, 
eventually taking rank as a merchant in the leading 
wholesale dry-goods house of Philadelphia. He was for 
some time a partner of John Wanamaker, now generally 
recognized as the greatest American merchant. His busi- 
ness interests took him abroad and enabled him to 
become expert in questions affecting textile manufactures. 

It was this special knowledge that made him an inval- 
uable Member of this House during the discussion leading 
up to the enactment of the Payne tariff law. Represent- 
ing a constituency whose interests were much the same 
as those represented by Mr. Foulkrod, and being his 
almost constant companion during his whole congres- 
sional career, I was enabled to judge of his great useful- 
ness in this regard, and believe I am not wrong in making 
the statement that, with respect to some of the important 
schedules which gave great concern to the Ways and 
Means Committee of the House and the corresponding 
committee of the Senate, there was no man better 
equipped to advise or who labored more intelligently for 
the protection of American interests than Mr. Foulkrod. 
Indeed, his earnest and devoted efforts in this behalf 

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during the extra session called to frame a tariff measure 
were so exacting and confining as to cause the first physi- 
cal hreakdown which led ultimately to his death. And 
though none of us may accurately account for the anom- 
alous conditions that sometimes control our political 
destinies, it is still to be wondered at that, though elected 
to the Sixtieth Congress by a majority approximating 
25,000 votes, local uprisings in his district, involving 
political complications for which he was in no way 
responsible, shoidd have led to his defeat in the last 
November election, in spite of his signal services for those 
whom he believed to be his true supporters. 

He had been a faithful Representative. He had labored 
early and late for his people, and it was to be expected 
that he would secure an expression of confidence from 
them. The election came, Mr. Speaker, and with it the 
astounding news that the vast Republican majority in 
his district, perhaps the most intensely interested in a 
protective tariff, had been overturned. The blow was as 
staggering as it was unexpected. Fortunately the shock 
was not permitted to hasten its deadly work; instead, the 
hopeful word was given; the music of the bands and the 
shouts in the streets were carried to the bedside with 
words of cheer. The startling headlines were kept from 
the knowledge of our dying colleague, and he passed away 
believing his friends had rallied once again to the standard 
he had so loyally sustained. 

In many ways Mr. Foulkrod had proven his love for 
his native city; he believed in its advancement and 
labored long and unselfishly to uphold its reputation as 
a city of homes and of industry. He believed it should 
have greater transportation facilities and to this end 
labored for the improvement of the Delaware River. 
Through the Trades League, of v.liich he was organizer, 
thousands of business men were brought together to sus- 

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tain the views he entertained. Railroads were made to 
understand the needs of the manufacturers and the mer- 
chants; commercial bodies were spurred to renewed vigor 
in proinoting the public service under his direction. 

A great commercial museum was established and Mr. 
FouLKROD was one of its trustees. During the last quar- 
ter of a ccnturjr there were few movements of any public 
moment in which he did not participate. He was one of 
the active members in the Citizens' Permanent Relief 
Fund which raised and forwarded money and shiploads 
of provisions to the stricken peasants of Ireland and 
Russia, to the hurricane sufferers of Porto Rico, the flood 
victims of Johnstown, the earthquake sufferers at Charles- 
ton, and tlie suddenly distressed elsewhere. He had been 
the chairman of a committee to distribute hundreds of 
thousands of dollars for the relief of the millworkers of 
the Kensington and Frankford districts who were thi'own 
out of employment during the tariff troubles of 1903-4. 
Indeed, he was a friend of the people. 

His death, Mr. Speaker, was a sorrow to thousands who 
knew him well. It took from a loving wife and children 
one who had been their almost constant companion, and 
whose every thought was for their welfare and happiness. 
His home life was most commendable. He possessed the 
domestic virtues which stand for the integrity of the 
American fireside. 

In order, Mr. Speaker, that a clearer insight into the 
home life of our colleague may be preserved to the House, 
I now ask unanimous consent to incorporate in the 
Record, as a part of my remarks and as the conclusion 
thereof, the funeral address of the pastor of our departed 
colleague, the Rev. John B. Laird. 

The Speaker. Is there objection? [After a pause.] 
The Chair hears none. 



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Mr. Moore of Pennsylvania. Dr. Laird saiti : 

In our sorrow to-day we must not forget to be grateful to God 
for His goodness in giving to this home and community, this city 
and Nation, a man of such rare qualities of mind and heart as 
•were possessed by the one whose departure we now mourn. 
Heaven's best gift to any home and community and nation is a 
good man. One who is affectionately and tenderly devoted to his 
home and kindred, who is generously and intelligently interested 
in his neighborhood, his own community. Who gives himself 
self-sacrilicingly to the movements and enterprises which make 
for the good of his city and country. And after years of intimate 
personal acquaintance with him and a knowledge of the purposes 
which animated his life and directed his doing, I am ready to 
say that in our departed friend we had such a man. 

He was preceded by a long and honored line of ancestry. In 
his earliest years he began his notable career in the very neigh- 
borhood where for more than a hundred years they had lived 
good lives and rendered conspicuous public service. As a youth 
he began life's career, and from that day until the day of his 
death his was a life of strenuous public and private activity. 
He ever brought to life's tasks the whole vigor of his mind and 
body. For half a century he literally did with his might the 
things to which his hands were appointed. Consequently, in the 
earliest years of his career, with no aid excepting that of his own 
personal worth, places of power were his to fill and interests 
of responsibility were laid on his heart and shoulders. 

And no man ever discharged his duties more industriously and 
faithfully or accepted his responsibilities more cheerfully and 
conscientiously than did he. He was diligent in business, but not 
so narrowly and selfishly diligent as to be deaf to the city and 
Nation's call for the service of men of wisdom and experience. 
He dearly loved our city of Philadelphia, and this is a fair city to 
dwell in only because he and men like him have been willing at 
personal sacrifice to render public service with no hope of pres- 
ent reward. It is not for us at this time to try to enumerate the 
many good and great community and civic movements which felt 
the impact of his clear mind and vigorous hand, but to sum it up 
by saying that for more than 30 years he rendered splendid serv- 
ice to the city and Nation— a service which took his time and 
taxed his strength to the degree that many who knew him best 



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and loved him most thought was too great; a kind of service 
■which involved physical toil and mental anxiety of which the 
great public knew but little and which by many who profited 
most from it was but slightly appreciated. To a very large de- 
gree his was an unremunerative service. Against the record of 
public activity which closed with his death no man dare lay the 
charge of mercenary motive. And that it was not for popular 
applause that he wrought is evidenced from the fact that when 
this was withheld, many times when he and his friends knew 
that it should have been generously bestowed, it troubled him 
not. It seemed to only make him all the more ready to under- 
take the next task which presented itself. He gloried in what 
he believed was true — that he was a citizen of no mean city. But 
if his love for his city was great, and his enthusiasm for her 
development and prosperity at times seemed to sway him to what 
many believed was the danger point so far as his interests were 
concerned, his love for his neighborhood was even greater. 

His great interest in city and national affairs in no sense of the 
word lessened his zeal for his own community. Philadelphia 
was dear to him, but his own Frankford district was dearer. 
And any man at all familiar with Frankford and what has made 
for her great development in the past 30 years will agree with me 
in saying that among all our splendid citizens there is no man to 
whom we owe so much as we do to him. His abounding opti- 
mism, his untiring persistency, his unfaltering faith, frequently 
brought victory out of apparent defeat and opened the way for 
a larger and better city. 

And it was not only to these general movements that he gave 
himself so unsparingly, but to the helping of individuals in times 
of misfortune and distress. In recent days I have frequently 
been met on the street by persons who said, " Yes, he befriended 
me; most graciously did he receive me when I went to his ofTice 
at the Market Street store, and as though it were a personal matter 
with him, he took up my cause and helped me out of the difB- 
culty." Men of business standing in this community to-day will 
say that he was their start as boys. And there are many homes 
who testify that in times of trouble they turned to him and were 
not disappointed. Yes, we claim him as a man of local pride and 
neighborhood fondness, and we hesitate not to say here that 
anyone will likely be a belter servant of the city and Nation who 
retains his love for and interest in his own community. To keep 

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constantly in touch with the place of one's birth and the friends 
of one's earliest years will help keep men good and add to their 
efficiency in whatever sphere they may serve. 

And if I were to continue, I should say that the place that was 
dearest of all to him and where he was at his best was within the 
walls of his own home. The genial grasp of his hand and the 
winsome smile of his face which greeted everyone w-ho entered 
that door will not be forgotten as long as the present generation 
lives. And of his fondness for his own kin, it is too sacred for us 
to speak, excepting to say that in his very last days he bore 
sweet testimony to his happy and loving relationships. He 
fought a hard, strenuous fight. He finished a long and trying 
course; and, best of all, he kept to the end the loves and afl'ections 
and ideals of his earlier life. Thus he wrought among us and for 
us. And his life's story is worthy the perusal of any young man. 
The world scantily appreciated his services, I fear. The city, to 
him as to many of her public servants, owes an immense debt, 
such as she can never pay. His own community has seemed to 
some of us almost ungrateful, but this detracts nothing from the 
good of his services or the glory of his career. Every good cause 
to which he gave himself so generously, every unselfish service in 
which he engaged, is and will continue to bless the community 
and the city, however slightly the people may appreciate his 
efforts. And forbid that failure on the part of a fickle community 
to recognize this man's good services should deter anyone of gen- 
erous impulses and humane interests from giving himself to a 
like career. He was a distinguished citizen. He was a good 
neighbor. He was a generous-souled friend. He was a tender, 
loving father. He was a clean, good man. We thank God for 
him and mourn his departure. 



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Address of Mr. Small, of North Carolina 

Mr. Speaker: I count it a sad privilege to pay a brief 
but sincere tribute to the memoiy of William Walker 
Foulkrod, late a Representative from the State of Penn- 
sj'lvania. Prior to mj' first election to this House, in 1898, 
I had occasion to visit the city of Philadelphia in my 
capacity as a la^^'}'er, representing a citizen of my State. 
The professional business in hand concerned a large 
mercantile house in that citj' under the name of Hood, 
Foulkrod & Co., of which this distinguished gentleman 
was an active member at the time. In the discharge of 
my professional duties I first made the acquaintance of 
this gentleman. I was impressed with his business acu- 
men, the complete and accurate knowledge which he 
possessed of the business of his firm, and with his inter- 
esting personality. There was a broad, generous, and 
charitable spirit, which was ever evinced in his dealings 
with men. 

Being an entire stranger and my first extended visit to 
that great city, I shall never forget the courtesies which 
he so charmingly extended. It was during that visit, also, 
that I learned something of the active civic spirit of this 
man. This information was subsequently enlarged, so 
that I ain able to repeat the encomium which was ex- 
pressed by his colleague, the distinguished gentleman 
who has just spoken, that perhaps the distinguishing fea- 
ture of his career was as a public-spirited citizen. In all 
the activities, individual and civic, which would promote 
the betterment of humanity, would uplift the people of 
his beloved city and of his State, he was constantly alert 



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and effective in good work; and when the great City of 
Brotherly Love and the great Keystone State shall come 
to connt their jewels and name the men who have con- 
tributed most largely to their material upbuilding and the 
promotion of all the moral inovements which make for 
betterment and progress, they will include in the galaxy 
of her distinguished sons William Walker Foulkrod. 

It was a distinct pleasure, Mr. Speaker, when that 
former association was subsequently renewed at the time 
this gentleman became a Member of this House, and it is 
a pleasant recollection that at our first meeting here he 
recalled the acquaintance which had been formed some 
years before and with kind words spoke of our former 
meeting. 

Those who were thrown closely with him in this House 
knew something of the equipment which he possessed, 
and of the good work which he did in his public capacity 
as a legislator. He was among the most active in that 
wonderful propaganda which has been in progress dur- 
ing the past decade for the improvement of our water- 
ways and the enlargement of our transportation facilities. 
His zeal was not confined to the improvement of that 
great commercial arm of the sea, the Delaware River, of 
which he was one of the most zealous advocates, but his 
activities extended far beyond the limits of his State, and 
wherever there was an improvement which made for the 
extension of our water-borne commerce, and for the 
relief of transportation from the obstacles which curtail 
it, Mr. Foulkrod was acquainted with its necessities, with 
the results which would flow from the improvement, and 
was an earnest advocate of legislation to that end. 

The gentleman who has preceded me [Mr. Moore, of 
Pennsylvania] has referred to Mr. Foulkrod's knowledge 
of the textile industry. Indeed, his knowledge extended 
into all the ramifications of commercial life, and during 



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his brief career here I doubt if there is an instance of a 
Member who, in the line of activity with which lie was 
most familiar, contributed more in a modest and yet 
effective way than did Mr. Foulkrod. Yet, much as he 
accomplished, his legislative career was but an example 
of the proposition that lengtli of service in this House is 
necessarj' to the attainment of the best results. 

Length of service gives important committee assign- 
ments; it gives familiarity with the complexitj' of the 
administrative departments and with the machinery of 
legislation. It furnishes one with tliat peculiar knowl- 
edge which is so necessaiy, no matter how well equipped 
and how well informed a Member may be in general 
knowledge, in order that he may attain the highest suc- 
cess in the career of a legislator. 

If Mr. Foulkrod's life had been spared, so that he could 
have longer served his citj', his State, and his countrj', he 
would have exemplified in his public life the same good 
works, the same broad sympathies in legislation which 
distinguished him in his individual capacity as a citizen 
in the private walks of life. Coming from a State far 
removed from his, I believe I can appreciate, perhaps 
even better than those whose lives were so near him, the 
humanitarian spirit, the large equipment, the unflagging 
industry, and the intense patriotism, which was as broad 
as his country, of this distinguished gentleman, to whose 
memory we are to-day paying a tribute. And in the 
words of the good Chaplain, in his invocation to-day, may 
I also express the sentiment that we who are left behind 
in the active walks of life and in service in this body may 
best pay tribute to his memory by copying his virtues and, 
like him, endeavoring to leave the world a little better 
than we found it. 



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Address of Mr. Fordney, of Michigan 

Mr. Speaker: It is with a profound sense of sorrow that 
I rise to-day to speak a few words in commemoration of 
a friend, whole-souled and sincere, who has been taken 
forever from our midst, the hite Congressman William 

W. FOULKROD. 

Much has been said b}' those who have learned to love 
him by lifelong acquaintance and friendship. My ac- 
quaintance with him dates back but to the time when he 
took his seat among us at the opening of the Sixtieth 
Congress, but during those few short years his sincerity 
has won my greatest respect; his loyalty has won my 
evei-y confidence; his genial and whole-souled nature has 
won my lasting love. 

Others can more fittingly speak of the sterling qualities 
of his eai'ly life. I will only attempt in a few brief words 
to express my feeling of deep devotion to him, the result 
of but a few years' acquaintance. 

His ability and sense of duty, his earnestness of pur- 
pose and unfaltering fidelity, has marked his life with 
success. He was rich in that which is most to be sought 
on this earth, and without which life is desolate — the 
respect and love of his fellow men. 

While firm in his convictions and true to evei-y trust, 
never have I found a trace of unreasonable aggressive- 
ness or harshness in Mr. Foulkrod's nature. I did not 
know him as an orator, but as a practical, substantial 
business man, with a world of good, sound reason. 

His usefulness to liis State and those who chose him as 
their Representative in Congress has been his quiet, faith- 

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ful service and strong sense of duty. What others might 
fail to accomplish by aggressive and heated debate he 
would win by his plain, quiet reasoning, his candor, his 
honesty of purpose, and his ever cheerful but unassum- 
ing nature. There was much to be admired and loved in 
the man and little or nothing to call forth dislike or 
enmity. 

It is hard for me to realize that this dear friend has 
been summoned from us; that we are to be deprived for- 
ever on this earth of his wholesome presence, his kind 
words, and his cheerful face. Words fail to express the 
deep feeling of regret and sorrow the thought of his 
absence brings to me. 

He leaves behind him a wealth of friends and a true 
example of kindness, sincerity, and devotion. His life 
spread cheer and happiness about him; his death makes 
a void that can not be filled. 

The real qualities of a man can best be measured by 
considering the effect his death would have. Our dear 
colleague will long be mourned by all who knew him. 
We now can best realize his value to mankind, what his 
presence here has meant to us. He possessed those quali- 
ties of man that are lasting — sincerity, kindness, con- 
stancy, and devotion. 

O not in cruelty, not in wrath, 

The reaper came that day. 
'Twas an angel visited the green earth, 

And took the flowers away. 



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Address of Mk. Young, of New York 

Mr. Speaker: Having been in this House but one term, 
I have been much impressed with the number of valuable 
Members who in that brief period have passed away. 
Eight or ten Members of importance, men who have ren- 
dered valuable service in Congress and who have con- 
tributed to the progress of the Nation and the advance- 
ment of their communities, have ceased from their labors. 
I come here to-day to contribute in a small measure my 
testimonial to the life and good work of Mr. Foulkrod, 
and do so because of a sincere affection for that gentle- 
man. My early life having been passed in Philadelphia, 
I naturally take an interest in the Representatives from 
that city and in eveiything pertaining to the community 
and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 

When a young man Mr. Foulkrod's name was brought 
to my attention by his activity in commercial life, and 
upon coming into this House I was much pleased to meet 
him and become well acquainted with him and learn his 
value. I found him to be a genial gentleman, always 
attentive to his duties, with a comprehensive knowledge 
of the affairs of his constituency, which made him invalu- 
able in the discussion of the tariff bill which was before 
the House when I became a Member of it. There were 
few, if any. Members of this House who knew the subjects 
in which Mr. FouniROD was interested better than him- 
self. He was broad minded, liberal in his views, compre- 
hensive in his knowledge, and earnest and sincere in all 
things looking to the advancement of the interests of his 
'constituents. It is a great thing to find a man trained in 



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business, skilled in coninieicial affairs, interested in 
finance, and having a thoi'ough knowledge of the needs of 
his city, who is willing to lay aside the work in which he 
was trained and successful, to come into this body as a 
representative of his people. It is also a great satisfac- 
tion to find that his neiglibors, his friends, and the people 
of Philadelphia recognized in Mr. Foulkrod those qualities 
which made him desirable as their Representative and as 
shown by the enormous majority by which he was orig- 
inally elected to Congress. 

During my acquaintance with Mr. Foulkrod I learned 
to esteem him verj' highly, and found him to be affable, 
frank, and manly, sincerely devoted to the work and to 
those things which make for the well-being of the countrj'. 
He did not confine his thought and his work to the 250,000 
people of the Frankford district he so ably represented, 
and which I know veiy well, perhaps as well as any 
Member of this House who is not a resident of that section 
of the city of Philadelphia. It is sad to reflect that in the 
midst of his activity, when his usefulness was perhaps 
at the highest point, he should be suddenly taken away. 
His departure has created a vacancy in this House which 
can not readily be filled. The Representative who has 
succeeded him undoubtedly will do his work well, but 
on this quiet Sabbath afternoon we think only of the man 
who has been associated with us on this floor, whom we 
have met socially, and recognized not only in his official 
capacity but as a sincere, lovable, noble man. I feel it is 
my duty as well as my privilege to be able to add my 
word in esteem of Mr. Foulkrod. 

Mr. Cook I did not know so well. Of course we all 
knew him by reputation in Philadelphia for many years, 
but Mr. Foulkrod I knew because of my commercial 
relations with his city, and I observed his progress with 
great interest. When he became a member of one of the 



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greatest firms in his line of business in Philadelphia I 
was very pleased. His election to Congress I considered 
a well-deserved honor and thought of him as a man 
destined to many years of usefulness. His mind ex- 
panded constantly until he reached a point where an 
all-wise Providence saw fit to remove him from his 
activities. The Omnipotent determined that his mission 
was accomplished, and he was taken from his family, 
who are now mourning him. There is a vacant chair 
and an empty place at home, and the hearts of his dear 
ones are sore over the taking away of one who has been 
all in all to them. 



Address of Mr. Focht, of Pennsylvania 

Mr. Speaker : The death of William Walker Foilkrod 
touches me ahiiost like a personal bereavement. True, 
we did not know each other until four short years ago, 
when, on the 4th day of March, 1907, he and I entered 
this Hall as newly elected Representatives in Congress. 
He stood for a commercial constituency of a section of 
the great city of Philadelphia, in the activities of which 
he had for years taken a leading part, while I was sent 
here by a people whose occupations and habits differ 
widely from those whom he rcpi'esented. Ever since the 
early pioneers cut their way through the forests and made 
their homes among the hills and valleys of the Keystone 
State there has been continuous and close commercial 
intercourse between these sections of the Commonwealth. 
Of the prominent business men in the eight counties com- 
posing the district I represent, many sustained intimate 
business relations with Mr. Foilkrod, whose sterling in- 
tegrity no less than his profound business acumen in- 
spired them with unwavering confidence. More than 
once the deceased discussed with me and exalted the 
splendid moral qualities of the sturdy Germans and 
Scotch-Irish of central Pennsylvania, whose unyielding 
honesty compelled his respect and admii'ation. This 
mutual regard of merchant and customer was one of the 
chief assets in the success which crowned all of his busi- 
ness enterprises. 

My contact with him was the contact of pupil with 
teacher, for by reason of his wider and more extended 



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experience he possessed that exact judgment and pro- 
found wisdom that can come only as the rich heritage 
and bestowal of mature j'ears. 

The same attention to his private affairs which had won 
him so prominent a place in the great business community 
of the chief city of our State marked his career as a Mem- 
ber of the House of Representatives. His service of 
neaily four years in this body makes a record of which 
an}' legislator would have good reason to be proud. He 
was wise in counsel and ever watchful of the interests of 
his constituents, and exercised conscientious care in his 
attitude toward legislation that affected the welfare of 
the people of all the States, possessing what might be 
called an invaluable specialized knowledge of an im- 
portant branch of American commerce. With his asso- 
ciates he maintained a dignified intercourse, the pleasure 
of which to all who participated in it was heightened by 
his unfailing urbanity, keen appreciation of the relative 
importance of measures under consideration, and a quiet 
humor in the expression of views always dictated by 
sound and matured judgment and the practical business 
experience of more than two score years. 

In the complex relations of life Mr. Foulkrod always 
bore an enviable part. In the wide range of his business 
connections he ever held to the straight line of absolutely 
fair dealing. As a citizen he stood for what is best in 
the public life of city and State. In the family his 
example as husband and father made for what is best in 
the home circle. As a friend he was true to the core and 
steadfast as a rock. His actions were always regulated 
by the precept of the Golden Rule. Just in all his deal- 
ings, he was charitable in his judgment of men no less 
than in his dealings with them. The passing away of 
such a man is almost as great a loss to his State and 
country as to those to whom he was the light of life. 



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Address of Mr. Focht, of Pennsylvania 

Our departed friend did not megaphone his honesty 
of purpose or action to an expectant world. He did not 
call upon men either in his private or public life to give 
due regard to his every act. He let each deed speak for 
itself, and, conscious of the rectitude of his intentions, 
he bore both praise and blame with becoming humility. 

Man of probity, man of action, man of kindness and 
worth — the world is better for his having lived in it. He 
labored almost until the very last; labored until the body 
became too weak to sustain the impelling force of efli'ort; 
labored until at last he had to fold his hands in rest and 
peace. Many will moiu'n; yet — 

Death wounds to cure; we fall; we rise; we reign! 
Spring from our fetters; fasten in the skies, 
Where blooming Eden withers in our sight. 
Death gives us more than was in Eden lost. 
This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace 1 



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Address of Mr. Wanger, of Pennsylvania 

Mr. Speaker: Assembled to pay tribute to William 
Walker Foulkrod and Joel Cook, two Members of this 
body, each of whom typified in ample degree the highest 
type of character, we keenly realize the great loss sus- 
tained by the Nation through their death, no less than 
by the districts which honored themselves in honoring 
them witli membership here. 

In the exemplification of integrit}', and in earnest 
devotion to what each believed to be for the welfare of 
his constituency and his country, and in fondness for 
rural life, notwithstanding long experience, the first as 
merchant and the second as journalist and scholar in 
one of the great cities of the countiy, and in devotion to 
friends and familj% they were strikingly similar. Each 
spent his vacation period in a countrj' home within the 
district which has honored me with representation here, 
and delighted in the cultivation of the soil and the com- 
panionship of family and friends amid the beauties of 
nature. 

But their life work in youth and the prime of manhood 
was in dift'erent fields of usefulness. Foulkrod was a 
merchant, and the business concerns that he ably served, 
first as employee and later as principal, were always 
recognized by the highest qualities of fair dealing, and 
the names of these business houses were and remain the 
synonym of honorable merchandising. It is needless to 
state that his character as a manufacturer was of the 
same fine quality. 

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Address of Mr. Wanger, of Pennsylvania 



Cook was educated for the bar, but adopted jour- 
nalism, and in that profession gave to his countrymen 
the benefit of profound learning and the fair expression 
of his honest convictions. He believed that men and 
events should be treated with justice and truth, and his 
course may well be studied by the profession as typical 
of what must eventually be its dominating impulses if 
the profession is to retain the confidence of the public 
and exercise the influence making the power of the press 
a leading factor of usefulness. 

With their experience and lofty purposes they were 
of the highest usefulness to their constituents and the 
country in legislation making for the common welfare. 
Neither was inclined to waste the public time with decla- 
mation; both were untiring in the work essential to the 
perfection of legislation. It may reasonably be that the 
great labor which each gave to the illumination of the 
subject dealt with in the first session of this Congress 
was the strain upon vital forces which ultimately caused 
their death. 

Each was richlj' blessed in the family relation, and left 
a fond wife and devoted children to mourn with a wide 
circle of friends his call from time to eternity. 

It was a great privilege to know and to be associated 
with them, and their advice and example were invalu- 
able. Their sterling qualities will long make them 
remembered and revered, and among Americans who 
well served their day and generation they will justly 
occupy a prominent rank. 



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Address of Mr. Greene, of Massachusetts 

Mr. Speaker : In the death of the late Hon. William W. 
FouLKROD that grim reaper has claimed for the first time 
during my membership ot" the Committee on the Mer- 
chant Marine and Fisheries, for 12^ years, one of my 
associates upon the committee. Mr. Foulkrod was as- 
signed to that committee by appointment of Speaker Can- 
non when he was elected to membership in the Sixtieth 
Congress. At the same time and by the same authority 
I was assigned to the position of chairman of the com- 
mittee. Mr. Foulkrod was a prompt attendant at all 
meetings of the committee, and displayed an active and 
earnest interest in all the varied and important matters 
which were brought before the committee for consider- 
ation. 

During many of the tedious and exacting hearings of 
the committee he contributed, by advice, argument, and 
searching questions to witnesses, in a very substantial 
way toward obtaining the information necessary to the 
proper formulation of various laws affecting the mari- 
time interests of the country. His extensive business 
experience, both as a successful merchant and man- 
ufacturer, especially qualified him for the duties 
whicli devolved upon him as a Member of the House of 
Representatives. 

He would not have been classed as a politician for the 
reason that the many years of his life had been absorbed 
by the activities which a business career demanded. 
However, he had devoted considerable time to tlie pro- 
motion of commercial organizations in the city of Phila- 
delphia, which he represented in the Halls of Congress. 

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Address of Mr. Greene, of Massac.iilseits 

I am somewhat familiar with many of these organiza- 
tions to which he belonged, and from my knowledge of 
his work on the committees of which he was a member 
in the House I am convinced that he was in the highest 
degree a public servant. In assisting to cany out the 
many various projects of a public character with which 
he was connected in his home city, I realize that much of 
his time and strength during his later years must have 
been generously contributed. 

He was familiar with the conditions which were detri- 
mental to the upbuilding of the American merchant 
marine, and he was extremely anxious that provision 
might be made for the reestablishment of the carrying 
trade between the United States and other nations. 

It is indeed a pleasure to recall associations with a man 
of the type of our late colleague. Little did I think, when 
the second session of the Sixty-first Congress adjourned, 
that I should not again see his cheerful countenance, or 
that I should be bereft of his counsel and advice. His 
work was finished, and those who knew him best will con- 
template that work with satisfaction and will cherish his 
memory. 

The Speaker pro tempore. In accordance with the reso- 
lutions already adopted, and as an additional mark of 
respect to our deceased colleagues, the House will now 
stand adjourned. 

The House adjourned at 1 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m. 
until Mondav, Januan- 23, 1911, at 12 o'clock noon. 



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Proceedings in the Senate 

December 6, 1910. 

Mr. Penrose. Mr. President, I ask that the resolutions 
of the House announcing the death of the late Repre- 
sentative FouLKROD be laid before the Senate. 

The Vice President. The Chair lays before the Senate 
resolutions of the House of Representatives, which will 
be read. 

The Secretary read the resolutions, as follows: 

In the House of Representatives, 

December 5, 1910. 
Resolved. That the House of Representatives has heard with 
profound sorrow of the death of the Hon. William Walker 
FovLKROD, late a Member of the House from the State of 
Pennsylvania. 

Resolved. That the Clerk communicate tliese resolutions to the 
Senate and send a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. 

Mr. Penrose. I offer the following resolutions and ask 
for their adoption. 

The Vice President. The resolutions submitted by the 
Senator from Pennsylvania will be read. 

The resolutions were read and unanimouslj' agreed to, 
as follows: 

Resolved. That the Senate has heard with deep sensibility the 
announcement of the death of Hon. William Walker Foulkrod, 
late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania. 

Resolved. That the Secretary communicate a copy of these reso- 
lutions to the House of Representatives. 



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